Rocktalk gig guide

Currently supporting Coldplay on their world tour and celebrating her latest number one album Electra Heart, Marina & The Diamonds have been announced to appear at Fat Sam’s in Dundee. The Welsh chanteuse comes to town on Tuesday, October 2, at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale now from Groucho’s or

Chambers Music Bar has two sets from John Scullion this weekend starting with tonight from 6-10pm then tomorrow from 5-8pm. That’s followed by Miami Vince from 9pm.

On Sunday there’s an acoustic session with Lee, Steve and friends. That starts at 6pm. All are free entry.

Fife’s Little Buddha launch their new album The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon tonight with support from Vladimir, Mass Consensus and Shuggy. Tickets are £5 or it’s £3 on the door for members and students, £6 for everyone else.

Tomorrow there’s indie, rock and punk with The Blackbirds supported by Katy Bar the Door and The Korova. Entry is £3 for members and students, £5 for everyone else.

There’s driving rock riffs with jungle and blues influences from Wild Crow on Sunday. Support comes from The Detours, Emerald Sunday, Late Landing and The Rosettes. Entry is £3 for members and students, £5 for everyone else.

Next Wednesday it’s ska punk band The Hostiles with Bomb City 7, Maxwell’s Dead and Albert Shakespeare. Admission is £3/5 on the door.

Open mic night on Thursday is hosted by Lefty. That’s free entry and everyone is welcome to take part or just enjoy the tunes.

Duke’s Corner has Dundee-based quartet The High Fevers tonight playing classic R&B, Motown and 60s pop with a modern twist plus Disco Deviance DJs until 2.30am.

Tomorrow it’s stylish, female-fronted combo Modus bringing a wealth of mod pop soul tunes.

Luke and Friends spin soul, funk, disco and Jazz at Soul Cellar on Sunday until 2.30am.

All start at 9pm with free entry before 11.30pm.

Cherry Bombz are at McDaniels tonight from 9pm. That’s free entry.

Legends has Buck Rogers on Sunday from 8.30pm. Entry is free.

Clarks on Lindsay Street welcomes back old favourite Kieron Smart and his crowdpleasing repertoire of Britpop anthems and contemporary tunes.

Ringer will be playing guitar-driven rock and power pop classics tomorrow night.

Both are free entry before 11.30pm, £4 after.

The new Sunday Jazz Session continues this week from 12.30pm before the Sunday Folk Club at 6.30pm hosted by Kit Clark, Gregor Philp and Chris Marra.

The Glenfarg Folk Club has David Francey and Mark Westberg on Monday night. Scot’s-born Canadian David Francey is well recognised as one of today’s finest singer-songwriters and is accompanied by multiinstrumentalist Mark Westberg. Doors open at 8pm and it’s £6 entry for members, £9 for non-members.

CTRL ALT DEFEAT returns to the Reading Rooms tonight after a four-month hiatus, celebrating the release of residents Clouds third Turbo EP, Consciousness, which came out on Monday. Also appearing are fellow residents Ado and Ken Swift from 10.30pm. Entry is £5 and advance tickets are available from Groucho’s.

Tomorrow Autodisco welcome one of their favourite guests Pete Herbert for his annual Reading Rooms gig mixing disco, house and Balearic beats. Doors open at 10.30pm and entry is £8 on the door.

New club night Crayon launches on Thursday with guest Point to C and residents playing assorted beats.

Rory Gallagher tribute Sinnerboy are at The Green Hotel in Kinross tonight, keeping the music of the late Irish blues-rock multiinstrumentalist alive and well. Tickets are £14 and it starts at 9pm.

Tomorrow it’s former Mott the Hoople Hammond organist Verden Allen and his newly formed Softground. Doors open at 9pm and tickets are £18.

Beat Generator Live! has one of London’s original punk bands The Lurkers on Thursday supported by Crimedesk and Thorn in the Face MacGowan as well as a DJ set from Totally Wired DJs. Advance tickets are £8 and doors open at 8pm.

The official launch of Non-Zero’s tonight sees a stellar line up of bands from Dundee and beyond with headliners Davey Horne and support from Seams, The Sparrowhawk Orkestrel, Waiting on Jack and HelloVideo. Entry is free and doors open at 7.30pm.

Saturday’s free afternoon blues session comes from the Jamie Harper Band and that kicks off at 3pm.

From 8pm there’s ’60s rock and roll band The High Fevers playing classics from The Spencer Davis Group, Eddie Cochran, Elvis, The High Numbers and more. Pilgrims Carnival and The New Times provide support.

For a chance to unwind on Sunday there’s the fortnightly acoustic Sunday Session with Nathan Elias, Lewis Davie, Dan Hedge and Darren Campbell from 7pm.

Tickets for The Proclaimers Christmas gig at the Caird Hall on December 20 go on sale tomorrow from the city centre box office or ticketmaster.com.

Some of Dundee’s best-known bands will be performing in Dundee City Square tomorrow at the city’s first anti-racism festival. The Love Music Hate Racism stage will kick off around 11am with Hanney’s energetic seven-piece band combining dirty electro beats, guitar riffs, thought provoking lyrics and rap to produce a unique sound the band themselves have labeled as “Hanney-Core”.

The afternoon will feature a tasty reggae set from Lefty and Friends, a sitar/tabla set from Polsitar and some Jewish folk music from Paul Spicker. Also starring are local faves The Twist, Bi Tilo, playing Traditional West African Rhythms using a variety of African instruments such as Djembe, (lead drum) Dunduns, (bass drums) Serouba and the 21 stringed Kora; and a set from Kim Knight and Albert Williamson.

There will also be street theatre, performance art, stalls, childrens’ art shack, free university seminars, a people’s picnic and more. Saturday promises fun for everyone to help celebrate Dundee’s proud tradition of inclusiveness and antifascism.

Marina & The Diamonds.